The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:41 at Osaka 2026 put Kazuhiro Hirano 618th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 76% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 2:32. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:45 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Osaka gained about 1:20.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:01Running 1 2:46v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 4:55v median −0:23
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Block 03 13:18Running 3 5:22v median −0:24
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 5:16v median −0:26
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:24v median −0:38
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:12v median −0:37
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 4:53v median −0:54
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 3:57v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1089
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,089 men who finished.